Aug 16 Photo of 'Antifa' man assaulting officer was doctored, analysis shows By Joshua Barajas An image that appeared to capture a member of an anti-fascist group beating a U.S. police officer with a club during a “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, is fake. Continue reading
Aug 16 WATCH LIVE: Veterans Affairs Secretary Shulkin to discuss 'forever GI bill' By Erica R. Hendry Shulkin is expected to speak around 5 p.m. Wednesday. Watch live here. Continue reading
Aug 16 New poll: Majority of Americans unhappy with Trump's response to Charlottesville By Laura Santhanam Most Americans do not think President Donald Trump's response to the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia was strong enough and consider the automobile attack that occurred there to be an act of domestic terrorism, according to a new poll from the… Continue reading
Aug 16 WATCH LIVE: Race and Racism in the Age of Trump | 2017 Hutchins Forum By News Desk Join PBS NewsHour's Charlayne Hunter-Gault and Henry Louis Gates Jr. as they host and moderate the 2017 Hutchins Forum on "Race and Racism in the Age of Trump."… Continue reading
Aug 16 Heroin overdoses killed 3 times as many teens in 2015 than in 1999 By Synclaire Cruel Drug overdose deaths among teenagers have ticked up after years of decline, according to a new report released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Continue reading
Aug 16 Twitter chat: Is hate on the rise? By Lora Strum The NewsHour will host a Twitter chat at 1 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 17 with Asma Khalid and Armstrong Williams, two panelists on the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research forum on Race and Racism in the Age of… Continue reading
Aug 16 WATCH: Funeral of Heather Heyer, who died in Charlottesville attack By Joshua Barajas The funeral of Heather Heyer will be held Wednesday at the Paramount Theater in Charlottesville and will begin at 11 a.m. EST. Watch the service here. Continue reading
Aug 16 AP fact check: What Trump said about Virginia protesters By Darlene Superville and Sarah Rankin, Associated Press President Donald Trump has defended his response to Saturday's racially-charged protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, in a winding, combative exchange with reporters that at times mischaracterized the message and purpose of event. Continue reading
Aug 15 Watch 10:39 Will Taylor Swift's sexual assault legal victory empower others? By PBS News Hour When a radio host sued pop star Taylor Swift for defamation, Swift sued him back, winning $1 in damages. But there’s a greater victory: having a jury affirm her claim as a victim of sexual assault. Lisa Desjardins talks about… Continue watching
Aug 15 Watch 10:22 Scenes from Charlottesville invoke racist legacy in the present day By PBS News Hour The violent events in Charlottesville, where white supremacist groups came out of the shadows, seem to have brought rising American tensions over race and racism to a head. Hari Sreenivasan gets perspectives from Leonard Pitts Jr. of The Miami Herald,… Continue watching